Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Smoking Cessation, Anomie Belle, Penicillin
16 Oct 2011
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Tuberculosis, diptheria, etc. (tb affects the lungs, diphtheria affects the nose and throat) Chronic: develop and become worse over a period of time, often caused by lifestyle factors (genetics, environment, family history, and lifestyle factors and choices we make in our lives can cause these diseases) Life expectancy = 58. 8(m), 60. 6(f: health threats = infectious diseases (e. g. , cholera, tuberculosis, pneumonia, growing trade between countries moved diseases from one to the other (still happens. Spread due to lack of clean water, poor sewage removal, living in close quarters, etc. today, through travel and movement between countries) Became easier to control spread of disease, public health became important (clean, purified water is an example) Adoption of vaccinations and development of antibiotics allowed western society to control the major causes of morbidity and mortality (ex. The accidental discovery of penicillin, from mold, before world war 2 and it was crucial for these diseases), sir alexander fleming discovered penicillin.
